#yknow. loving something bad and all powerful and trying to change it.

[eerna]

well on my way to hate PJO because of this btw. I know it will only get worse the closer we get to the show's release. it's gonna be a miracle if I still love it 5 years from now

every time I see people cheering for PJO to become the Most Influential Franchise once the show drops I wanna punch something because it just means Disney's monopoly would get even bigger and more dangerous

[luck-of-the-drawings]

IMAGINE. working at ur stupid uhhh job or whatever. pulling into your drive way and ready to work on some crazy project in your garage. opening the door to the most unfamiliar silence. did your wife and kid leave for something? could you imagine knocking on your kids door, hardly getting an answer, and opening it to find the splattered remains of your wife across his room your child is scared! hes hardly consolable, in a state of shock and terror. you are too, but youre the adult here. you need to take charge. you need to protect him. you need to do something. you need to do something.

[bugcatcherkit]

Do you ever think about the Shou and Serizawa dynamic. Because I am thinking about it. Loudly

HEAD IN HANDS. ALL THE TIME….!!!! I’ve been thinking about this ask all day I’m so glad I can answer it now.

Their Claw dynamic specifically GRHGRHR. Serizawa was recruited around the pivotal point where Shou was starting to reconsider his views on his dad/Claw as well as his own convictions/psychic power. I like to wonder if Serizawa's presence as someone Compassionate but incredibly weak-willed, unconfident, and Dependent (something that Toichiro specifically takes advantage of) partially fuelled Shou's independence/leadership/pro-activeness.

Specifically I view it as though Shou experienced Self-Recognition Through The Other (derogatory) and goes "I CANNOT be like that guy." Which gets even more fun to consider when you see how Shou tends to give Serizawa more grace than the other Super 5/Claw members. Enough to try and reason with him, at least.

Specifically talking about these panels. Sorry for bringing them up again, it'll happen repeatedly.

Anyway. Shou is trying to convince Serizawa specifically because he thinks Serizawa can be convinced. In Shou Vision, he is the Most Promising Adult in a 20 mile radius who is considerate enough to hear Shou out, reasonable enough to Listen, and powerful enough to do something impactful. Generally, Shou sees Serizawa display a lot of the traits he views as Super Important (kindness, conviction, etc.), but he has the one fatal flaw that Shou hates the most (cowardice) and he never uses those traits The Right Way.

So, to me, I think Shou may have appreciated Claw Serizawa's presence for the Potential he had, but also began to despise him because he never acted on it. But also he never HATED Serizawa. Again, he sees lots of honourable traits in this guy, it's just incredibly aggravating to see him Be Like That. Especially because they were both in the same situation as people who looked up to Toichiro and learned from him. But all Shou could see was a guy refusing to wriggle out from Toichiro's grip, even when pushed to do so.

ANYWAY. do you ever think about how after Serizwa changed his mind about Claw, he stuck by Shou's side basically the whole time afterwards. Grhgrhf. I do.

And I love that they are still in contact. I think Serizawa is a little awkward about it first and is like “why does he not resent me at all”. Because he feels Really Bad about it all still. and Shou is like “Serizawa my man how’ve you been 🤝” when they meet up. Because I think Shou appreciates his change more than resents how long it took him to get there yknow. The resentment angle is interesting though -- there's definitely some complicated feelings there -- but I just don't think Shou would keep it up too long. Especially not towards Serizawa, who immediately stood up to Toichiro after he changed his mind. Also, Shou is a super forgiving kid anyway. Serizawa is constantly amazed at Shou's coolness.

And Seri grows more confident in their good relationship the same way he grows confident about everything else/other relationships !! I don’t really view them very familial though, personally. Serizawa has the Reigen thing where he’s not a parent/older sibling/uncle to Shou, but is a Responsible and Trustworthy Adult Friend. I think he'd want to be someone Shou can actually rely on to help him sometimes, if he were to need it. Also, I think they just like each other's company a lot!!! Lots to bond over.

[prismatic-starstuff]

yknow even if miquella did plan to bewitch everybody... is that even THAT bad? bewitchment just aligns you to his side its not even really mind control. like yeah it's not the best way to go about it but the other options are things like "taint every single soul in the world" "kill everyone forever" "burn the entire world to meaningless ash" "return the status quo that brought everything bad to pass to begin with" and "leave the world to its own devices with absolutely 0 outside influence". makes "make everyone nice to eachother and love me (everyone already likes him)"

so personally, i definitely do see the tampering with free will as being a bad thing because it reads a bit too much like mind control; but! i wholeheartedly agree with what you say about the other options! and this is something i've thought about a lot before so i'm gonna go off about it a little, so— long reply ahead, i'm sorry anon!

important disclaimer: this isn't 'miquella did nothing wrong,' 'age of compassion would be best for the world,' 'ranni and/or marika are evil' or any of that. this is 'miquella is not as bad as the people who say he's pure evil claim, and the age of compassion should have been an ending option.'

the long and the short of it is... miquella isn't any worse than many of the other options we're presented with, and that gets overlooked so much in conversations about him. because yeah, if we take it that his game plan is 'i command you all to love me and each other,' that isn't great because of the tampering with free will; but...

the standard elden lord ending is perpetuating the same order that caused multiple wars and mass exterminations in the lands between.

fia's ending is the same, just with the addition of better treatment for those who live in death.

dung eater's ending curses and dooms the entire land and literally everyone and everything in it.

frenzied flame is presented through the lens of destroying everything so something better can come after, but the destroying everything part still very much happens.

we aren't really given enough information to know what goldmask's ending would even realistically look like.

age of stars still has the involvement of higher beings (moons in elden ring are sentient) and ranni leaving to let people figure it out for themselves doesn't say a lot one way or the other.

like, for all that can be said about him, miquella is outright trying to do something good for the lands between as a whole. if his plan was to bewitch everyone, then the means aren't great, no... but at least the remaining higher power would unquestionably have the goal of making a gentler world at heart. and as you rightly said, people under miquella's charm aren't full on mind controlled or changed beyond recognition; it wouldn't be a world of mindless puppets.

we're given endings where there are still higher powers around (ranni) and endings where we do bad things in the name of a better end result (frenzied flame) and endings where we perpetuate the old order that did bad things (standard, fia, goldmask) or outright make a new worse order (dung eater) so... why didn't we get a miquella ending? there are literally no other endings where there isn't some kind of higher power/force still around, he was also doing bad things in the name of a better end result, and he would've at least tried to make a new and better order; so the hypothetical miquella ending would have... literally been no worse morally than the other endings.

and if it comes down to what miquella did to mohg... yes, manipulating and killing mohg for his own ends was bad. period. no arguments. but uh... our other options are ranni who killed godwyn for her own ends, marika who has a really long list of things she did, frenzied 'May Chaos Take The World' flame, and ✨️the loathsome dung eater✨️ (not counting fia and goldmask because, sadly, their endings do come under 'marika endings' since age of duskborn is very similar except for the treatment of those who live in death, and age of perfect order is still the golden order)

so— even if we got 100% confirmation that his end goal was to charm everyone, then would? miquella?? even actually be that much of an outlier???

TL;DR: miquella isn't perfect on a moral level but, to various degrees, Literally No Other Ending Option Is so where the heck is my age of compassion ending fromsoft

[hassianlovebot]

and actually,,, i Think a big reason why i liked the chapaa chase at the beginning was because there was nothing else to do at the first one. but then the hotpot happened,, and now the shooting game,,, it's like they keep releasing other minigames that are Way more fun, rewarding, and fair. and most importantly (for me at least), aren't overstimulating and/or stressful as hell.

comparing the chapaa chase to those two and it's like? no wonder i'm finding it more annoying. i feel like i was able to overlook a lot of the issues with the game at first because i had nothing to compare it against. but now we have Two amazing examples of minigames that people love and don't find stressful. one of which was so popular they added it to the game full time!! there's no way they'd be able to do that with the chapaa chase aljdhg

i feel like every time the maji market happens, i like the chapaa chase less and less.....

[house-on-sand]

for the character ask game !!

26. What's something the character has done you can't get over? Be it something funny, bad, good, serious, whatever? - vic sage!

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now? - grant emerson!

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like? - jason todd!

6. What's something you have in common with this character? - conner kent!

23. Favorite picture of this character? - any or all of them!!

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character? - any or all of them!!

14. Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character. - helena bertinelli!! i'm curious

26. What's something the character has done you can't get over? Be it something funny, bad, good, serious, whatever? - vic sage!

vic is an odd duck in general with many unforgettable moments but the one thing he does that ill never be able to get over is how he responds when someone asks him who he is when he's out as the question

shit like that. he's so extra for this. he also sometimes leaves fucking. calling cards with a question mark on them and i cannot even begin to explain how funny that is to me. he even acknowledges it's a "cheap stunt" and he should probably not do that but yknow.

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now? - grant emerson!

i can get you screenshots of my first impression of grant aksgsk

my first actual intro + thoughts on him

then like immediately after that. i knew right off the bat i was gonna be obsessed with him. something about his energy compelled me and now look where i am. the hyperfixation spiraled so now i care way too much about a character very few people have even heard of. honestly i just thought his powers were really cool and his role in zero hour was fucking nuts /pos + his vibes, like i said in the screenshots, were super relatable. that fact has not changed either, me n grant... we are the same tbh. for whatever that says about me my thoughts about him now? he drives me insane, i could write a whole essay on damage as a character and i still wouldn't say everything i want to. he's a tragic character who was forced into the role of a hero as a teenager because it was that or jail. he's got tons of parents and no parents at the same time. he's angry and people act like that's unreasonable and he's not allowed to be upset about his situation because he's expected to be a hero and learn how to control his powers and all this other shit all while his teammates and the public view him as this walking nuclear bomb that's too dangerous to be around. ill never be normal about him.

21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like? - jason todd!

i LOVE talking about his relationships with the other bats im so sorry but im insane about that and if i don't include it in something i write for him i fear I'll explode. i also love getting to write how emotional he is and how he thinks about himself because jason is so so influenced by his emotions and he's not just. Angry or mindlessly violent, he's got a much deeper nd intense range of emotions than that but people tend to take him at face value and don't realise that just because he seems angry bc he's lashing out or he's yelling or whatever doesn't mean he's actually angry. idk i love writing everything about him. as for smth i don't like when writing for him, i greatly dislike trying to write bruce in relation to jason bc i don't feel like i can capture bruce's character very well so he's There but for the most part it's just jason's thoughts abt him rather than them directly interacting. and this isn't so much something i hate while writing, but if i post something i don't like how anxious i feel abt how other people are gonna react to it bc not everyone sees him the way i do.

6. What's something you have in common with this character? - conner kent!

we share a punk aesthetic!! in different ways n subcultures n shit but we do!!! also... specific mental health issues lmao. conner is STRUGGLING in superboy 94 and one of the things we share is during the end of his relationship with knockout where he tries to kill the both of them. but yeah. we're both incredibly mentally ill and that's okay

23. Favorite picture of this character? - any or all of them!!

IM SO GLAD YOU ASKED! (you're getting a selection sorry!) jason:

these panels specifically from utrh

these are also technically part of utrh but they're from the batman annual after the arc technically finished but i fucking love all of them.

and of course, the jaybin era! these r my favourites atm bc he's so tiny in the first one and i love baby metalhead jason todd!!

grant:

these panels from the last issue of his solo!!! im insane about him breaking free from the virus and his little mustache n piercing at the very end. he's so dorky n cute there.

and these ones! love these ones so much. just. the very first one is great because he looks so happy and free.

and finally these ones. i love the art here but most importantly i love that roy is giving grant a space to yell and feel and say the things he wishes he could've said to his "dad"

vic:

he's so gender in these ones

conner:

(bonus: my favourite panel so far of ted kord bc everyone needs to see it)

im not even gonna lie if i heard this man say holy cool cookie cow id be asking him out on the spot that shit is so silly akahsk i want him so bad.

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character? - any or all of them!!

jason - he picks up new skills fairly easily and is largely self taught when it comes to some of the different languages hes learned and the piano. he taught himself how to play piano just because he could and he was bored. (ik somewhere? him playing piano is canon but for me it's always real n true) & that his earth 2 counterpart, if he had one, goes to college and does a dual major in english & social work with a minor in criminal justice + goes on to get his jd and take the bar so he can still help people without being a vigilante anymore. plus it showcases how fucking smart my boy is! tied into this one, a funny hc i enjoy is regular earth jason being able to pass the bar (bc he's SMART and he will COMMIT to the bit) so now the young adult crimelord/vigilante can now also technically practice law. it's just so funny to meeee and he deserves that grant - that arsenal is his favourite hero! & this is less a hc and more an au but in my heart there exists a world where alan scott and j'onn acted as grant's mentors a little more bc i dig alan's interaction with him before his trial and every interaction he had with j'onn was great imo idk i would've loved to see it conner - im a grey eyed conner truther ngl! rlly vibe w the hc that even tho he's supposed to be clark's clone n he looks a lot like him, he does have some of lex's features. i also hc him as having freckles on his shoulders that he loves because they're something all his own.

14. Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character. - helena bertinelli!! i'm curious

oh god i am a terrible person for fashion questions but i knew the exact vibes i had in mind for her when i saw this question!!! helena bertinelli would SLAY, absolutely devour a fucking corporate goth aesthetic. & i'll have to rb this with some references images bc i hit the limit! just kind this more professional, less obvious goth vibe. get some purple in there as a reference to the huntress costume... if she does makeup? (keep in mind i do Not do makeup) maybe a nice like dark/deep red lipstick... maybe even like a dark purple? idk i can see this specifically in my head. definitely leaning more towards an androgynous vibe. she's very clothes have no gender to me. sometimes doing a more feminine vibe if she's feeling it.

[soullessjack]

oh my god I know I’ve mentioned it before but I rlly cant stop thinking about it. don’t go into the woods is literally the pinnacle of autistic representation (to me). bear with me because I have a migraine and am struggling to stay conscious but. There are just so many various autistic experiences shown throughout the episode and what happens to jack in it. Like it’s borderline upsetting (for me) to watch because of how resonating they are.

firstly, jack actively wants to try and put himself out there. He wants to make friends and have normal human experiences even if he can’t exactly stop being ‘special.’ (Also, he does specifically say that he is “himself” again once his powers are back, so it’s like, yes that is something he more or less sees as an inherent part of himself, but I think the part he struggles with is the consequential nature of his powers and who he is. as I’ve said before, it’s one thing to simply be different than it is to be treated differently. )

furthermore, once jack realizes the kids are basically ‘safe’ to be honest with, as they’re aware of monsters, he’s the exact opposite of shy about his powers. that’s one thing about him I really love . Like he LOVES to show off and impress people and be praised/appreciated by others.it’s such a silly trait I wish was characterized more often. He also just instantly starts unmasking and info dumping Twice about Haitian zombie law (to Sam and Dean) and how to kill monsters god he’s so special you don’t understand. He is not a gatekeeper you WILL be forced to know about his special interests.

however even tho jack is shown to be very proud of his abilities and hunting knowledge the very Minute that he senses the other kids think he’s weird (Reminding everyone that they were judgy from the start and did not in fact invite him over because they like him) he just Cannot Stand It . That’s the consequential part yknow. Like jack does see and feel his powers as just an inherent part of him (which they Are), he’s literally said they feel like breathing. It’s just Who He Is yknow. but the consequential part of it is that people are either afraid of him, they hate him, or they think he’s weird. And jack doesn’t like any of that shit. He doesn’t like being cast out or defined by the thing that makes him a little more different.

‘he’s back to being the oddball.’ back to it, like that’s just the unfortunate default he’s stuck filling. (Also on another note I think it’s really sad on that he can already recognize the particular facial expression for “We Think You’re A Freak”). It’s like he can just sense the rejection and isolation before he even actually receives it, and the mere perception of that is enough to totally throw him off. Totally not an experience any autistic person has ever felt before. Totally not similar to a particular co-morbid form of dysphoria that commonly plagues autistic individuals. Not at all.

This episode has probably the most bleak ending to me? Not in a competitive sort of way, the show has gotten far bleaker I am aware. But in both the original script (that got entirely changed) and the actual episode, it ultimately ends with Jack just not having friends. We’ve all seen the episode I won’t recap that far. Head still hurts bad. But In the script, Jack only ever shows the kids various combat moves with an angel blade, and the accidental stabbing is by Eliot, and Jack healing Stacey is basically the Big Reveal of his powers and , as the script above shows, what he Really is. ?.

I guess all of the combined stress and just shock of the monster world (Eliot is previously shown to be basically paranoid of things out to get him earlier in the script) is enough for the kids to very gently let jack down and say they’ll see him again or something, but it literally ends with jack’s inner monologue that he knows he’s never gonna see them again, and going “so much for having friends.” The End.

And idk. To me It’s just so. Isolating. Like. You try and make friends and be a little normal and belong somewhere else for once but the entire time you get the vague sense that you’re still too weird and out of place, that everyone else also thinks you’re weird and out of place. You’re so used to rejection that the impending sense of it starts looming over you, but you still wanna put yourself out there! You still want to at least try! And then you get the pile of bricks dropped on your head. The Impending Rejection. Everyone leaves you alone again and you’re left with the solidified knowledge that you are in fact, too weird and too different to belong anywhere else, to have friends. You can’t be normal or accepted, you’ll always be alone and isolated and rejected.

Autism 101 yay

[holographicbegonia]

Bro I am so confused.

Okay, Miraculous Season 5 Finale, uhhhhh

SPOILERS AHEAD

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Mega confusion and discussion spoilers under the cut

I thought it was going really well! There was a lot happening in a little time, but it all seemed to be explained at least a little bit. I literally just finished it so here’s my thought process:

I love me a good ol’ crossover in film and animation when they bring in all the past characters from movies, old episodes, etc. And I thought it was really cool! Bringing the United Heros, Fei, Alice, hehehehehe and

*spongebob voice* hiii lukaa

Luka, Jagged, and Penny become part of the Order of the Guardians? Okay yeah whatever I’m not gonna question it. No I am: LIKE I UNDERSTAND LUKA BUT WHY IS JAGGED DOING MIRAKUNG FU-

it was a cool fight scene. Seeing everyone use their powers and working together was fun!

On the other side of the episode-/ we all got thrown for a LOOP man

Does anyone else think it feels really weird how, Prior to the end of the episode, Adrian had like- two scenes? While, yes, he can’t do much without his miraculous, it was weird not getting an update on him and kagami while they’re in confinement. Also while we’re here, lately all we’ve been talking about is how they’re finally revealing the whole sentimonster thing, and why Adrian responds to every command of his father, YET EVERYTHING HE DOES IN THE BEGINNING HES DIRECTLY DISOBEYING GABRIELS ORDERS?? I’m confused

And the big thing, the miraculous’.

I’m a little surprised you’re even able to unify tikki and plagg considering using them together for a wish summons REALITY BITCH OVER HERE/

Marinette immediately gets her cover blown to Gabriel, same with him. So now, it’s personal. Marinette had a pretty calm reaction to EMILIES BODY (dead? Comatosed? Idk anymore) and caught on pretty quick to what Gabriel wanted- and I thought it was going so well! Marinette talked him down, the boomerang trick was cool, the butterfly miraculous, one of the only og miraculous left, so we should keep it safe, GETS FLUNG INTO WATER// which also, Lyla walks in the Agreste Manor mid-fight, but unless I missed it, isn’t seen until the end with the miraculous. You’re telling me she swam through that green ass basement water and got the miraculous?

I genuinely though Gabriel was gonna fold. After seeing the video on Natalie’s phone. Knock some sense into him that, this isn’t what she wanted. I mean, SURLY they’re not gonna let him do the Big Bang thing this entire show over the course of 8 years has stopped him from doing. Yknow since it’s been explained multiple times over 8. Years. Surly with the amount of destruction it does, and we have new seasons coming, they won’t let him do the thing.

He DOEs THE THING.

Also, side note: the kwamis real form look really really cool but I NEED to see Pollens real form cause ik it’s BEAUTIFUL.

So, Yknow how Sass explained in pretty EASY TERMS to Luka how the wishing works?

Red Pen, Blue Pen.

This entire time we’ve been under the impression that in exchange for bringing back Emilie, everything would change. The people, the earth, everything currently in the world. A completely alternate universe where everything is different, except that Emilie is alive. The whole reason we’ve been rooting for Cat Noir and Ladybug to win, is because Gabriel winning was, morally, wrong. Romantic and sad, yes, but his entire mission was to destroy everything and everyone in his way to get his wife back. People DIED (kinda) Families ruined, worlds changed, and this was all before he made the wish. The whole conflict of the show so far was that yes, we’re rooting for our superheroes, but we also feel bad for Adrian and Gabriel losing Emilie: so we understand where his anger comes from.

This IS THROWN OUT THE DAMN WINDOW. bro idk if I blinked and missed something, if I did, lemme know, but/ everything was fine???? Are you kidding me??? i THINK what they were trying to get past, is that the person making the wish, would also choose what happens? I’m still trying to figure out so heres the possibilities in my brain.

Gabriel wished, and realized he was dying, so he gave his life in return for Emilie. (Unrealistic? Emilie (or her sister) is shown in the end, but if that were true and for some reason everyone remembers the past before the wish, Adrian would be freaking out a bit.)

Gabriel wished, knew he was dying, had his reunion, and gave his life for Natalie. This is why they didn’t have him outright say the wish, and instead have Gimmi read his soul. (While this is a little more realistic, after he saw the video, it leaves a lot of plotholes and issue to figure out.)

Gabriel wished for Emilie, and by pure chance, he was the trade. (Also unrealistic?)

It really depends, Natalie is seen at the end, much more healthy than previously, sitting next to either Emilie or Amelie. If it’s Emilie then there’s a whole issue, because the characters shown still had a memory of the world before? People would notice she’s there, while in comparison, a lot of people didn’t know Natalie was sick.

The end just, ticked me off. Five seasons, the emotional heartache we went thru believing that Gabriel would ruin the whole world, just for something so…anticlimactic? I know they’ve been building up Lyla as a villain much more recently, but completely killing off Gabriel takes out so much conflict out of the still-ongoing show. It’s an event we never thought would actually happen. We were built up to believe everyone and everything in the show would be gone, and that’s why it couldn’t happen. That yes, Gabriel knew the wish would destroy the world, but that he would give the entire universe for his Love, and his son to have his mom again. That’s what made it SAD and ROMANTIC and THEY THREW IT OUT???? Instead we get the same world, where everything kept going on. The destruction from the battle was fixed, Ms. Bustier won the election and changed a lot around Paris. The kids are all hanging out summer-style, Luka gets to stay in Paris (yes!) Adrian and Marinette get their kiss, and everything is good. I believed it was explained to Paris that, Ladybug and Gabriel Agreste worked together to defeat Monarch, and Gabriel died in battle? And yet in this last scene there’s little to no mourning or confused feelings from Adrian. He has the ring scene, but besides that: his father whom he recently has come to hate, because he started to see just how selfish he was to his mission in Paris, was actually cool and killed supervillain so it’s okay. LIKE- YOU CANT JUST DO THAT.

Marinette still remembers what happened, everyone remembers the day before the present. Everyone remembers their Kwamis and their powers. Lyla still had the butterfly miraculous. Ladybug and Cat Noir are…still needed? For something at the end? Is this the bad alternate reality where they defeated Monarch, so they went into retirement and had the ugliest children known to man? ITS JUST CONFUSING.

If we knew that Gabriel’s wish would just sacrifice one thing, we would have been fine with him wishing long ago because we didn’t have empathy for him yet. However, our explanation was Red pen, Blue pen. Not Red beans in exchange for Green Strawberries. Gabriels now death leaves too many open holes.

Is Alliance not a thing now? Is Tsurugi-San off the hook? Does she know what happened? Marinette knows Adrian is a sentimonster now, and in turn, SHOULD HE EVEN BE ALIVE RN? There’s a lot of rules for sentimonsters, but with what’s all happened I’m suprised Adrian still exists? Is Lyla just going to take over as Hawkmoth-Lyla? Is she going to have some big ol wish now, because we as the fandom had too much empathy for Gabriel?

It’s confusing, it’s also 8 am. So I’m going to eat and reread everything I just wrote to try and process. Have a good day everyone and PLEASE Use this to have a discussion on the episodes cause I’d like everything to be a little clearer. Thank you!

[xenon-demon]

💝: fave trope w/ rec

This isn’t from the list, just offering it up to give you the chance to talk about it if you’d like—no pressure!

HHHHHHHH IM VIBRATING EXCITEDLY THIS IS SUCH A CUTE IDEA, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

ok. so. It’s very hard to pick an ULTIMATE fave trope buuuuut a very strong contender for the title is time travel fics. More specifically, time LOOP fics. (What can I say, Doctor Who had some significant effects on my preteen brain chemistry.) I love a good time loop fic because it lets you hit a lot of my favourite things all in one: timey wimey nonsense, getting to Fix whatever canon bullshit you need to, having all these little character moments where you can explore different dynamics and do character studies - especially if people other than the looping character start to change/remember things as the loops go on??? MAN. I EAT THAT SHIT UP. Also the potential for calling back to previous events or repeating an event with a subtle twist to it each time, it’s suuuuuuch good shit. I also find stories about the importance of trying - even when it’s difficult, even when you don’t want to anymore, even when it may not actually change anything - really resonate with me. Which is major time loop vibes, yknow? I am a certified Time Loop Enjoyer™.

I know there’s a lot of good time loop fics out there in the ST fandom (especially steddie fandom), which, duh, Steve and Eddie and the events of season 4 are practically BUILT for a time loop. Because of that (and because the fic I really wanna rec for this trope is A Lot and Not For Everyone), I’m going to rec TWO time loop fics for you.

1: echo by CaptainHoney (~30k words, rated E)

Warning - READ THE GODDAMN TAGS. CHECK THE ARCHIVE WARNINGS. I AM NOT KIDDING. This fic starts out going full tilt balls-to-the-walls and it does not stop once. It’s emotionally intense (lots of angst), the events of the fic are intense, it’s a heavier take on time loops than a lot of other fics in this fandom, and you Will feel like you’ve been put through an emotional blender by the end. But there is a happy ending (I’m a sucker for happy endings, I can’t read anything more than ~5k without one), and like I mentioned above this is a story about Trying. Trying even when it’s hard, even when you don’t want to anymore, is such a powerful story theme for me and I really like the way it’s explored in echo. Plus, it’s a love story of course, and a damn fucking good one - both the love between Eddie & Steve, and the love their whole extended found family have for each other.

ALSO. I’m a feral creature for fun narrative choices and echo is told both non-linearly AND from multiple POVs (don’t let that scare you, it’s always really clear who and when we’re dealing with. You’ll see if you read the fic). It’s absolutely fucking delicious. I don’t see this fic talked about much (literally ever, actually) and I think that’s a SHAME. That being said, I do recognise this fic is Very intense and not for everyone, which is perfectly fine! Take care of yourselves, and don’t read something that you’re worried might put you in a bad spot mentally just because I’m hyping it up here. 💙

2: you are young and life is long (and there is time to kill today) by heartofwinterfell (~70k, rated M)

This is a fun one. This is technically a series, with the first fic being ~18k from Eddie’s POV as he goes through the loops, and the second is ~52k from Steve’s POV as he lives in the time loop without knowing it’s a time loop. Yeah. I really love that perspective, you don’t often see a time loop fic from the perspective of the other character, and it’s done really well here. PLUS the second chapter of Steve’s fic goes into time loop aftermath and recovery, which is one of my favourite things to explore that often doesn’t get addressed in great detail.

Thanks so much for the ask, anon, I really loved getting the chance to ramble a bit 💙

Ask me for a fic rec!

[trentcrimminallybeautiful]

thinking about a tedependent qcard au because both options here are good in wildly different ways.

on one hand, ted as q and trent as picard is very funny. trent is just trying to do his job (would he still be a starship captain/explorer or is he just like. a space journalist. because i actually love the idea of trying to make him being some form of space journalist work) and this Actual Fuckin Space God keeps showing up and the only name he'll give them is ted lasso which sounds like a ridiculous cartoon cowboy, and for some reason he is just utterly enamored with trent. of all people. no one, including trent, knows what the hell to make of this. trent is actively trying to be unpleasant but lasso just seems to be even more interested. at first trent treated this situation with the proper caution but by the sixth time he just popped into existence with a bunch of confetti appearing out of nowhere trents just like I REALLY DONT HAVE TIME FOR THIS and ted lasso, actual borderline-all-powerful space being, is just like cmaaahhnn trent dont you wanna see something neato? and trents like i swear to god if youve turned all the chemicals in the science bay into bbq sauce again-- but like while that's all very funny there is also an implied trust there: trent knows that if he yells at ted or gets upset, ted isn't going to snap his fingers and make their airlock doors vanish. and, yknow, maybe they get put into some Situations--trent seeing ted genuinely vulnerable (who knew that being an borderline omnipotent being made panic attacks WORSE not non-existent?) and perhaps a "ted gets turned human and is quite bad at it" sequence, i don't know, but like. trent slowly realizing ted's interest is genuine and sincere and that while he's, well. alien, in the sense that sometimes he just Doesn't Get things (like why he can't just teleport the ship a million light years away without asking first) he means well, and that for all his mischief he isn't malicious, and like. also again this is just really funny bc let's be real the entire concept of q and picard's dynamic is hilarious. local Actual Space God becomes completely obsessed with random middle aged guy who yells at him to get off his goddamn ship every time he shows up. (i mean, picard is extraordinary in his own way, obviously, but like. cmon. it's still very funny.)

on the other hand, the more dramatic angle of trent as q and ted as picard: trent being charged with judging a lesser species and having his whole perspective changed by one bizarre little human and his genuine kindness. trent keeps coming back (ted's first officer, commander beard, is very wary, but admiral welton seems to be encouraging this super dangerous being for some reason?) and ted continues to be kind to him and trent--trent ends up. uh. starting a revolution? on accident? oops?

i've probably got other thoughts but this is all i got for now. spinning in the brain centrifuge

[acaciapines]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

i was tagged by @snarky-wallflower and i love talking, lets go!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

70 total, but 5 of those are chara's! so under my name its 65.

2. What’s your total word count?

1,427,738.....

cannot wait to break 2 million w the owl house daemon au. lets go!! never stop!!!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

whatever i'm into, but for fandoms i see myself continuing to write for in the near-ish future: deltarune and the owl house!

4. Top 5 fics by kudos

you're something special: my first kris-identity fic! i have mixed feelings on this one lol. you can tell its the first i wrote and i hadnt yet solidified my version of kris, tho i think this one probably fits better with canon. overall i like it though!

but then a bigger heart grew back: ooooooh i REALLY love this one. its postcanon owl house fic centering on hunter's grief over flapjack's death and his friendship with waffles!!! i wrote and posted it the DAY after the finale came out which is still really wild to me. its also the only fic ive seen that uses my favorite headcanon of 'hunter didnt carve waffles, she found him' which im so so fond of.

i hope your organs fail you (before i do): this was the first deltarune fic i wrote after chapter 2 came out!! the beginning of my deltarune spiral....its sort of a messy non-chronological look at deltarune's various routes and how kris might experiencing the game's multiple save files. also it has such a banger title. salt lake city by motherfolk is just banger after banger lyrics-wise

non-imaginary friends: god i hate that this is up here dkgjdfg i wrote it back when deltarune first came out and it SHOWS. i refuse to reread it but i think it's kris trying and failing to introduce the dark worlds to asriel. c'mon guys ive written so many better deltarune fics. blease. let this one rest in the past <3

we don't belong (but we're together): oooh, a warrior cats one! im....i mean, this one is like, fine, i guess. it follows hollyleaf and jayfeather in an au where the two of them flee through the tunnels. it has fun lore and i do like my oc pine but. man. its also the fic where i gave hollyleaf a power and if theres one thing i would change about my warriors au its that holly would NOT get a power. this is why i pre-write all my fics before posting now!

5. Do you respond to comments?

yes!! or at least i try my best to. i love and appreciate all my comments sometimes im just Bad at responding to them....i never know what to say beyond 'wow thank you' so sometimes i try to focus more on comments where i can actually say something of substance, yknow?

6. What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

oh thats hard hmmmmmmm. i think i'd have to say it's and i want to tell you something-- which is a fic about kris & ralsei & the player/soul, where susie and noelle try to save kris from the soul, but both kris and ralsei know they cant survive without it. so in the end kris shatters the soul and is implied to die rather than keep being trapped.

its!!! certainly a time!

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

hmmmm. i think most of my ending are pretty bittersweet so in terms of pure happy ending...gonna go for a deep cut here and say its my naddpod fic +1 dad in which moonshine meets lucanus when shes a kid and they hit it off and they get to have that father-daughter relationship from the start. bc lucanus is the BEST naddpod npc and oh my god he loves his daughter so so much you guys--

8. Do you get hate on fics?

i have a few times but its never been like, super major. the funniest time is. i deleted the comment so i dont have the exact wording but im pretty sure someone called me a fandom-deserting cur for. not writing more warrior cat fanfiction?

like what were they expecting. truly.

9. Do you write smut?

no im very aroace lol. i barely write romance.

10. Do you write crossovers?

i used to!!! i did the adventure zone crossed with both how to train your dragon and pokemon mystery dungeon: explorers of sky. i was a different person back then. i dont think i'd do it now, but. who knows.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not to my knowledge!

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

no, but i HAVE had a fic pod-ficced which is still so amazing. like......woag. someone liked my fic enough to read the words out loud?????? huh????

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

not exactly co-written but both sometimes i think i left you just to see if i'd be missed and a buy one, get one free sort of friend were inspired by conversations i had with my friend @hyperfixations-go-brr! they would not have existed without those long discord chats. halloween festival will live on forever. synth my love.

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

im not super into ships beyond like. basic 'oh thats fun' when reading but i WILL actually give the two im the most excited to write in my dess raises kris au someday:

noelle/susie/ralsei: YOU HAVE TO TRUST ME. like. this is an au where noelle basically replaces kris in the fun gang but not in the prophecy and dkjgdfg its about. this budding relationship. and ralsei clinging to the prophecy that doesnt want noelle here and susie who bucks against anything that acts like it knows what shes supposed to do and noelle struggling with the return of her sister and a world that wants to write her out of the story and all of them wanting to be there for their friends but ralsei is dealing with so so much and in the end she gets to throw off her chains and be free <3 noelle/susie/ralsei is so real in my heart.

dess/chara: literally the funniest queerplatonic relationship ever. theyre reluctant coparents. dess trusts chara with kris's life. chara would never ever let dess watch either frisk OR kris unsupervised. chara is 'i can fix you' to dess's 'im literally the most perfect wife in the world.' dess doesn't believe romantic love is a real thing people feel. chara puts xir kids above everything else. dess never asked to be a mother even though she literally kidnapped her best friends baby sibling. they get married for the tax benefits. they should absolutely get a divorce.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?

oh god theres so many i would love to finish but its been so long i doubt i'll go back to them lol. the sequel to +1 dad that involves baby moonshine going to gladeholm. wall-e daemon au. gravity falls transcedence au daemon au. percy jackson daemon au. deltarune daemon au fangame.

as you can see its mostly various daemon aus. they were fun while they lasted! but ive moved on </3

16. What are your writing strengths?

pov you are me suddenly forgetting every single thing i have ever written.

i think im very good at writing otherkin or otherwise nonhuman characters. the comments that always bring me the most joy are those on my otherkin fics, by people who were able to see themselves in what i wrote--i think this is a thing that took me a lot of failed attempts to get just right and im really really proud of what i have.

im very good at writing daemon aus <3 there is sort of. an art to figuring out if one a work even needs daemons and two how daemons enhance or add to some aspect of the original work. theres a lot of things i like that i dont think really work with daemons but i always really enjoy figuring out how to add daemons and how to make my daemons like, characters in their own right, you know?

i like to think im good at dialogue and characterization! theres a few characters--kris and the collector, firefly to an extent--that im really proud of the voices i've made for them.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

fight scenes. fight scenes. oh my god i hate them so much they are SO HARD. stop making me put!! visual things!! in my text based medium!!!

really any scene that relies on having a strong idea of like, physical descriptions and sense of a place--i have aphantasia so having to describe scenery and landscape and just, anything really is always a struggle for me.

i also struggle with pacing, to an extent, especially across longer works (im looking at you, owl house daemon au)--knowing how long a plot arc needs to last and how to make it interesting still even when its going to be around for 600k+ words is a challenge and if the owl house daemon au was my first massive fic undertaking i dont think i'd be able to do it.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language?

god im so bad at it but i really really am trying to be better--one big thing im going to focus on in my owl house daemon au edit is based on this because i want luz's identity to stick with her throughout the fic rather than it taking a backseat, but i am not a spanish speaker!! i know like, a LITTLE, but nowhere near enough to feel confident writing it.

so. its a time!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

warrior cats. and beyond just 'oh its the first fandom i posted fic for' no i was writing warrior cat fanfiction from the START. i was out there on the playground coming up with warrior cat ocs. i was printing this stuff out in the school library. i would hand-write fanfiction about my childhood cats becoming warrior cats and starting their own clan. i would roleplay warrior cats on my bedroom floor with pictures of cats i cut out of printer paper and bits of plastic folders i folded into triangles and write down the stories i came up with.

i was the most warrior cat kid to warrior cat kid. I Have Always Been This Way.

20. Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

ohhhhhh this is SUCH a tough question i have so many im so fond of, but i think i'm going to have to go with alterhuman. it's an animorphs fic about tobias post-canon and its an exploration of species identity and being a hawk and as a red-tailed hawk myself, a lot of it is deeply personal, a lot of it is my love letter to animorphs, and a lot of it is neffit, who is the best oc i have ever created, hands down.

as for tags, uh....anybody who wants to talk about their fics! even if we dont know each other!! go forth! ramble on about your own stuff for an hour!! truly so so fun.

also @wynterwulf7 and @mackerelgray and @hyperfixations-go-brr. obviously. <3 even if its about fic that isnt on ao3.

[kylejsugarman]

hi syd! you mentioned that you’ve won several writing contests (as if that isn’t already obvious from your fics) and i was wondering if you have any tips? finding a good contest, meeting the deadline, catering your submission to the contest and judges, etc? i’m a young writer hoping to win some contests, for scholarship money, college apps, and just. yknow for fun. but i also have adhd, and i have a really hard time finishing projects and meeting deadlines and i guess i was wondering if you have advice for that as another writer with adhd

hey!! so in terms of finding contests, even just researching "writing contests for high schoolers" (im guessing ur in high school based on u saying "college apps", i do not mean high schooler in like a derogatory sense) can usually take u to some helpful directories!! there are a lot of sites these days that will compile contests and applications that u can navigate by deadline/rules. looking to see if institutions in ur city, county, or state offer writing contests is also super helpful: a lot of colleges, professional schools, hospitals, organizations, etc. have these contests and it always looks good if u engage with institutions that are (somewhat) local!! im a really bad source of advice for reaching deadlines because writing is actually the one thing that i dont have trouble meeting deadlines for, but only because when i write something, i write it all at once. this usually means i only write that first draft (which isn't my Advice dfghdfgh), but it also means getting the Hard part over. ur going to feel compelled to like line-by-line write something perfect that everyone will love, but its important to write down Something as soon as possible because there is always time to go back and change things. dont write it with the judges in mind, don't think about like someone hyper-analyzing every word when ur writing things down.

speaking of judges, u do not have to cater ur writing specifically to them, but there are key things to drop in that can improve ur chances. if u are writing for a contest sponsored by a specific entity or associated with a specific institution, u need to do some research and weft some acknowledgement and appreciation into ur writing even if u do not give a fuck about it. try to flip ur prompt on its head. question the prompt in the first line. get meta about it. write about u contemplating the prompt, contemplating ur essay. writing from a different perspective, questioning the prompt, drawing from ur experiences and being vulnerable (people LOVE when u say shit like "i learned that i did not have all the answers. my strength came from asking others for help") will catch their attention and make u stand out. don't be afraid to put a personal flourish in it just because u might not sound Super Professional And Academic. ur trying to make urself stand out and u need to show that through self reflection, dissection of what ur being asked, interrogating ur own experience and bringing that to the table.

so this is kind of vague and basic but my main pieces of advice are find competitions that relate back to ur identity or location or future aspirations, literally just write down whatever comes to mind and do not worry about it being judged when ur working on it, and put urself in ur writing. i know this isnt super helpful, so if u ever want to come off anon and dm me for more help, editing, etc., please dont hesitate!! writing is a really powerful tool and a REALLY good skill to have

[roobylavender]

what would be the perfect ending for sasuke in your opinion?

there are so many things i want him to do genuinely. i like the idea of a naruto post-canon where everything that happens is followed up by the villages taking a stand together against the daimyos and i feel like he would be integral to that as a sort of reverse-pain figure who travels across the land and hears people’s grievances and connects to them through his own trauma that he has extensively suffered at the hands of state violence, but instead of using that collective trauma against unassuming people they use it to strip the daimyos of power by force lmao. like the problem with post-canon is it imposes all of these arbitrary spy duties on him and on him alone rather than recognizes the natural prerogative for everyone after the war is to connect with the other villages on a grand scale and form a coalition to fight back against their economic exploitation. so sasuke is one part of it in that he can recognize and empathize with people who have felt as abandoned and brutalized by the state as he has but there are also other parts like sakura traveling across the land to canvas the physical and mental health impacts of the system, hinata taking strides to destroy the class stratification that defines so much of internal clan hierarchy that is subsequently exploited for power grab purposes by multiple villages, etc. sasuke has to work with other people for there to be any change and portraying him as the lone wolf who comes back on occasion to address the quirky bad guy of the year is not conducive to any of that. put him in a library with some of the girls to learn political and economic theory they can put to use yknow?

other things that are always on my mind: (1) i personally believe there is so much more value in sasuke and sakura adopting than trying to continue the uchiha bloodline or whatever. like first of all their travels to address traumatized populations across the land would totally bring them into contact with orphans they could take under their wing but i also think it would be narratively significant for sasuke to realize he doesn’t have to carry on some legacy or burden himself with being the cornerstone of the family. that’s something that gets me about tsunade too like she’s the only living senju as far as we know but despite the clan’s noble reputation it doesn’t mean much that she’s not bearing children. her legacy is carried on through people like naruto and sakura and that’s what’s impt. and there is also a eugenics element to address imo wherein it’s very clear clans like the hyuugas and uchihas inbred and generally focused on maintaining superior bloodlines for purposes of producing super prodigies but it’s like.. why is that impt in a post-canon landscape? the truth is it isn’t. there is nothing the world would lose without an uchiha by blood bc their transcending quality is love and love is never strictly defined by blood. so. i think he and sakura should adopt ❤️

(2) one of the funniest (derogatory) things about post canon to me is making sakura into the housewife when everything about who she and sasuke are as characters points to the opposite imo.. like she’s a workaholic medical professional and i seriously doubt she is keeping a clean house so long as she lives alone. meanwhile sasuke has been ruled by discipline all of his life and grown up watching a brother who takes part in every aspect of domestic life to the point it formed sasuke’s only solace in a world of strict expectations he had to meet. but even beyond that sasuke needs busy work after everything he’s been through yknow like he’s not in any place to help himself when all he can do is stew. i like the idea of him coming home from trips and busying himself in the basic chores sakura (or even naruto) neglects to do bc her work schedule is not exactly conducive to a consistent home life. let him make the dinners and pick the weeds and go out to help villagers in the flea markets and farms while she plays hospital hero. let productivity displace the horrors in his head and make him feel like he’s working towards building something stable and strong. give the man a tomato farm

[imunbreakabledude]

Okay, I'm gonna do it.

i'm gonna try to rank my beloved maevelena breakups. buckle up if you love sapphic DRAMA.

7. Maeve wrote that she’d changed her mind; she liked her job, she wanted to stay... (from Conscience) - So, this is the only breakup on here that is merely Described. and i think it works in context of the story it's in, but part of why it ranks lowest is, yknow, not having the actual words Maeve wrote in that shitty letter to dump Elena. But it was a concept that wouldn't leave me, and as you'll see I gave it many more shots that i liked better. still, something in this version that I think is delightfully/uniquely cruel is it's the only breakup-letter i wrote that had Maeve actually lie to Elena and claim she really wanted to stick with her job over rekindling their relationship. that's just... whew.

6. Sorry for yesterday - won't happen again. (from Show, Don't Tell) - this is less a full breakup, and this one-shot does kind of contain another breakup scene for them, but that's just an extension on their s2 breakup from the show, so, I can't take credit for that one. but anyway, this one, i do love, but it was just my second crack at the letter-breakup like above. while the particular wording here does have its own personality that I love more than the merely-described letter above, it doesn't hit nearly as hard as the more fleshed out version of "Maeve ditches Elena in the night leaving only a half-assed note" that i would later write.

5."This is it, Elena. This is me… and it’s over." (from Conscience). So, this is the one true Breakup in my first-ever fic about Maeve. the first time I was envisioning her and elena's backstory based on what was said on the show. Maeve's moment of ending it here is pretty heavy-handedly meant as a call-back (call-forward?) to their s2 breakup in the show, when Maeve says, "you're always saying you want to know the real me...". looking back at it now, it feels a bit forced and a bit like it's hitting the same note as that breakup. it also suffers from some weirdness fueled by me only having watched their scenes a Normal amount of times before having written this and thus having some slightly funky characterization, and also hinging on the accidentally canon-contradictory job that i invented for Elena of being a social worker (before I rewatched an insane amount of times enough to catch 'i would NEVER drop in on your work at the BANK.') However, there are some other small bits in this fight that I like. Even if this early Elena feels a bit off/undercooked from how I would eventually come to write her, I love her here. she gets some good fucking licks in, like, deserved licks! "I hope it's worth it, Maeve." what a fuckin' bad bitch line to leave on!!!

4."I don't feel it." (from Higher Powers). okay. so this one maybe hits different because it's from a maeveannie soulmates fic, so it's a given that maevelena ain't happening. and, well. maeve knows annie is her soulmate, and elena has learned this too, and maeve's currently deep in the denial/fear stage and desperately clinging to Elena, but Elena has to break it to her that she just doesn't feel the same, which gets Maeve to finally confront the soulmate boat she's in! perhaps bittersweet in the moment, the true devastation (positive) of this breakup is on Elena's behalf, as she's lyingggg through her teeth! she still desperately loves maeve, but, knowing that maeve is destined for another, she puts her own feelings aside and pushes Maeve to move on to the person she's meant to be with. wow. ouchie. this one gains points perhaps on recency, but mainly because it shows the power maevelena has over me that their rekindling/breakup arc in a fic where they were a mere distraction, a mere obstacle, still pulled my focus and emotions enough and still remains one of the parts i most love about this fic. this MAEVEANNIE fic!

3."I can’t be all you have any more. It’s too much pressure." (from TMDOMS) I think that maybe readers all hated this one but gosh it does mean a lot to me, still!!! it may seem cruel on elena's part, but it's not... not to me. (i mean, it IS cruel because i engineered the circumstances to be so, as the writer, because i wanted that. but SHE is not being cruel). the first time elena really feels and confronts the crushing weight of being Maeve's Biggest Weakness. Which would be very difficult and terrifying to be, as a human person! (Honorable mention/bonus points must be awarded for.. "I don’t think it’s supposed to be this hard, Maeve. I don’t want it to be this hard." - which is a separate fight, but not really a separate breakup. Rather when this same breakup finally gets through to Maeve.)

2. I can't. I'm sorry. (from TMDOMS) I am shocking myself by not putting this as number one. to be clear, the full flashback sequence that contains this definitive letter-breakup is probably, no DEFINITELY, my favorite pair of flashbacks i wrote for this whole fic. but that's also due to the getting-back-together part of it, and the way the perspectives fit together, and Maeve and Madelyn's conversation that leads to the breakup. The breakup itself, I love love love, as the peak version of what i attempted like 3 separate times in earlier fics. i was obsessed with the idea of Maeve dumping Elena with a note/letter after disappearing without warning (due to fear over Vought/Homelander coming for her if Maeve didn't ditch her and step back in line). and this version is just the most complete and cutting version of it, I think. and getting to write the aftermath of it from Maeve's POV was also one of my favorite bits. how much it hurt her to do this.

1."I like being your girlfriend. But I refuse to be your mistress." "Then let's stop kidding ourselves." (From TMDOMS) Ah, this breakup has everything. sooo many problems from Maeve and Elena's first few years that had been happily pushed under the rug finally bubbling to the surface, with all the pressure from Maeve's impending induction into the Seven... So many honest yet hurtful confessions/accusations... both of them trying hard to make it work, yet talking past each other... and perhaps most importantly, both of them are a bit at fault! hence how i couldn't pick one line for who officially does the Breaking Up here. i think between them, in-universe, they both pin this one on Maeve, but me, the Writer, says the only reason Maeve has the official blunt Ending It statement here is because Elena basically forced her to, by pushing and pushing but refusing to be the one who said it herself. something that Maeve probably feels despite taking the "blame" for this one for many years... something that can come to light in couple's therapy one day!!! but the other reason I really love this breakup is that i feel really proud of painting what was going on for Maeve at this time of her life, on the brink of officially launching the Seven. exploring more depth and dimension to how stressful that was on her as a person as well as her relationship with Elena. and as much as a part of me looks back and thinks, maybe I should've done another scene of this breakup from Elena's POV too, I think that keeping this one as Maeve only is kind of why it works. Because Elena's unhappiness here is obvious. i would still love doing her POV, yall know i would, i loveeee more flashbacks and POVs, but as interesting as it could still be, it's still easy to understand. Maeve's mixture here of exhaustion, fear, frustration, fracturing identity, all of that - i think that's so much more important to convey by being in her head, for this fight to hit the way i wanted it to. EVEN knowing that readers almost certainly will "side with" Maeve by default, with her being yknow, the popular/significant character in canon, like no one clicks on this fic for Elena specifically. (SAD but true). I wanted Maeve's POV to help convey all that AND convey the ways in which Elena also contributed to their relationship's swift end, which... this may sound crazy, but I think seeing Maeve's POV of how Elena was kind of being a little tiny bit bitchy (affectionate), actually works to help make it feel LESS onesided? like if Elena comes off a just the long-suffering Morally Superior girlfriend who has all these Justified Complaints but sticks in it until Maeve leaves her for fame, I think they both come off more shallow and less likable. the fact that Elena has very justified complaints here BUT ALSO has her own faults that push Maeve towards the breaking point, makes her so much more lovable. I also really, really, love the fact that this first breakup, possibly what Maeve would identify as her single biggest mistake she'd kill to undo, was, in the moment, a decision made primarily because SHE WAS REALLY SLEEPY AND JUST WANTED TO GO TO BED :')

thank you for coming to my ranking. if you also love these two flawed fictional women and love them fucking things up with each other despite how much they love each other, give some of these stories a read!!

oh, and now even after all this, I look back like, look at all the other juicy fights I couldn't rank because they aren't BREAKUPS! maybe I should rank all their fights... no... haha... unless...

what if i did a top 10 but it's top 10 breakup scenes that i have written for maeve and elena

[raainy-daze]

Hiii, ahm If you're still taking requests, I'll ask for a headcanon or Scenerio with Donnie and Leo, where they discover that their crush Fem S/O who is very tomboy-style, is a magical girl like sailor moon! Thanks! And in the name of the moon, drink water!

Disaster Twins w/ Magical Girl Crush

rottmnt leo x fem!magicalgirl!reader

rottmnt donnie x fem!magicalgirl!reader

summary: you didn’t mean to keep your magic from the guys. it just didn’t seem important until now. it’s not a big deal, really, you’re just an anime style magical girl.

word count: 391

a/n: i went into this thinking the magical girl thing would be the tough part. no. it was the tomboy part. sorry if that bit is a little brushed over, thanks for requesting!

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Leo . . .

right off the bat he’s just kind of screaming about why didn’t you tell him

he’s your best friend he’s supposed to know these things

but don’t worry, he forgives you, now give him all the details

despite the initial “you traitor why didn’t you tell me”

(assuming your uniform/outfit would be a dress/skirt)

he’s honest to god more weirded out by the skirt than the magic

i mean magic is a dime in a dozen nowadays

but this is unusual. it’s just a very different aesthetic yknow

speaking of, if you have an aesthetic, he will try to match it whenever you’re out together

you know leo he’s going to make dumb jokes.

anime jokes no one laughs at

running gag of asking about magical powers he knows you don’t have

eg: “hey, did that cat just insult me?” “leo, for the last time, i cannot talk to animals-“

out of nowhere you’re just in the lair one time scrolling on your phone

“wow, (y/n). you sure you don’t have love magic?”

“what”

“what”

Donnie . . .

he has a whole crisis

you know the episode with the yokai witches and all that?? if this happens pre that episode he will loose it briefly

“WHY ARE YOU MAGIC. WHY IS EVERYONE MAGIC NOW.”

you were probably the last person on his list to be magical, especially sailor freakin’ moon style magical

did sailor moon ever fall out of a tree she climbed as a dare?? did sailor moon ever randomly show up with a black eye and refuse to elaborate??

maybe she did. he didn’t know, he’d only seen two episodes at mikey’s hand

he does, however, want to know the source

is it from some kind of relic? mystic weapon? or something entirely different from the other magic stuff he’s seen

if you have a wand he wants to experiment on it.

(don’t let him experiment on it.)

(don’t.)

(seriously bad plan.)

he also questions the physics of magical girl outfit changes

he questions a lot of things really. he’s donnie what can you expect

from now on any gifts he makes for you will be made with your powers in mind

it might get a bit ridiculous but hey. he’s trying. it’s his love language. accept it.

don’t worry, he won’t pull a donnie’s gifts repeat with you

[zarara]

what dating lisa would be like

tags: lalisa x fem!reader, college!au

genre: fluff!!!! sweet stuff only besties

note: i do not know how this happened?? i don't even stan lisa that hard (it's mainly jennie and rosé for me) but idk you don't choose the brainrot, it chooses you i guess n e ways hope u like this <3

dating lisa just makes your life is Pure Comfort

like,,, you don't have to worry about anything with her

you’re too lazy to prepare for one of your late night study session turned sleepover? don’t worry, you can just wake and get something from her closet, which believe me when i say that it’s diverse

there’s baggy sweatshirts that have cute prints like froggos and little food items for days when you just want to take it easy and

she also has statement pieces like fitted shirts and dresses that make lisa all giddy whenever you wear them

this one’s your best friend

she knows it when you’re this close to losing your temper just because you had a shitty day and everything was extremely irritating and will keep her distance, letting you come to terms with your emotions.

but there are always her silent gestures: a series of texts reminding you to stay warm when walking back to your room, leaving your favorite juice box in your bag when you’re not looking, cheek-pecking every time she sees you and a questioning look in her eyes to which you breathe a laugh and pull her into a hug

on the other hand, if you’re in an unusually good mood, she will get literally get infected and match your energy

you: !!!!!!111!!!!!!!!!@@!@!!!@#$$!!$! yknow!!??????

lisa: exactly babe!!!!!!!!!!!@$!›#!!! i know!!!!!!!!!

so whipped 4 u

in terms of pda, lisa is a bit shy and when y’all go from friends to lovers it takes people time to realize there has been a change because the two of you act the same as usual, which arguably the platonic-ness of your relationship with her had always been questionable

so yeah it’s only when one day lisa lands an especially funny joke that you’d endearingly leaned in and pressed your mouth against her, forgetting for a moment that your friends were watching everything

but honestly absolutely nobody is surprised they just go :o for a second and then they’re like “oh well wbk”

they’re just grateful you don’t make them want to scream and act civilized

... at least in public you do

when the two of you are alone though? that’s a different story.

she will be forever glued to your side, face nuzzled into your neck, fingers intertwined in yours.

absolutely loves sitting in your lap while you work and is famous (between the two of u) for dozing off against your shoulder

and will press encouraging kisses to your collarbone every once in a while

it’s a very peaceful kind of skinship. you’re both just doing whatever you need to do and will take breathers where you either show each other tiktoks on your phones (”we should do this trend y/n!” “lisa, you know i’m a bad dancer :(” “no, babe, you’re not tho!!!”) or otherwise will take a power ‘nap’ snuggled into each other

like i said: comfortable as hell

“mhmm, y/n, baby?” lisa gently holds your wrist, stilling your movement in her hair. you smile at her, eyes soft, “yes?”

she brings your wrist to her lips, warmth spreading to your cheeks with her delicate kiss, “do you want to get ramen later?” you let out the breath you’ve unknowingly held, a childish giggle taking its place as you fall onto lisa’s chest, nose pressed up against her chin.

you can practically hear her trying to stifle her laughter as she protests, “hello?? i’m speaking to you, babe, stop laughing. what’s funny? did i say something funny? because i didn’t. i’m being serious!! we haven’t gone on a dinner date in like—”

you silence her with a kiss to her jaw, fingers coming to stroke her temples, pushing away her bangs, “you know you’re supposed to say something deep like “you’re the best thing that ever happened to me” or like i don’t know, something about how much of a difference my existence has made to your life—”

your laughter cuts you off as lisa’s cheeks fold up in a pout at your attacks, clearly flustered. before she can say anything else, you kiss her nose, “you’re so cute, lalisa. i love you.”

her blush grows deeper as she mumbles out a “shut up, i hate you.”

you chuckle again, shifting to sit on top of her, hands coming down to disappear into her hair as this time you kiss her on the mouth, whispering, “let’s get ramen later?”

she finally gives in, her laugh against your lips and her warm hands slipping underneath your top and settling against your lower back.